Examples Of Imagery In The Veldt

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Bruce Perry once said, “Children don’t need more things. The best toys a child can have is a parent who gets down on the floor and plays with them.” Ray Bradbury believes in those words, not just for the children but for everyone. “The Veldt,” a short story that Brandy wrote, children, Wendy and Peter are given ‘toys’ that eventually replace their parents. In “The Veldt” the author uses imagery, motif, and allusion to show that a deep connection to material possessions can’t replace family connections. Through the descriptive words of the Veldt, Bradbury shows the Wendy and Peter’s connection to the nursey. ‘The thump of distant antelope feet on grassy sod,’ shows that the Veldt is a large location thus, showing the children mentalities (Bradbury

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